BRITISH firms will be made to publish a list of foreign workers under new Government plans to name and shame companies who do not hire British staff.

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Amber Rudd unveiled parts of her immigration plan at the Conservative party conference yesterday in a bid to pressure businesses to "prevent migrants taking jobs British people can do".

The Home Secretary promised to decrease the number of non-EU students coming into Britain with stricter visa regulations as part of her plans to reduce net migration from 327,000 a year to less than 100,000 – however she did not give a specific date of when that target will be met.

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However ministers have become critical of the existing process, claiming it has become an exercise which does not encourage bosses to train-up British workers.

Brexit Secretary David Davis proposed that British workers should be given priority over their foreign counterparts.

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David Davis has mooted that British staff should be prioritised over foreign workers

The 67-year-old mooted that businesses should have to prove they have tried to employ British staff before looking abroad to fill vacancies.

Mr Davis said: "If they go down a route of having work permits for example, typically the way work permits work in other countries, is you try to get a British citizen first and if you haven’t you have got to do that first."